AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Russia > Pyrrhotite on Quartz |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 55138 |
Mineral: | Pyrrhotite on Quartz |
Locality: | Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia |
Description: | Lustrous bronze-colored hexagonal pyrrhotite crystals to 25 mm on slender translucent colorless quartz crystals to 10 mm. The pyrrhotite crystals have striated prism faces that resemble stacked crystals (aka Poker Chip habit). Ex. Dr. N. Luppescu, originally acquired from D. Trinchillo |
Overall Size: | 7x5x4 cm |
Crystals: | 1-25 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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